Jack Foster was a running marvel. He never went for a run until he was 32, yet ended up competing in two Olympics and two Commonwealth Games and at the age of 50 was still able to run a marathon in a world age record of 2h 20min.

Foster, born in Liverpool in 1932, had a tough upbringing, surviving The Depression years and the privations of World War II. His father died of tuberculosis when young Jack was seven.

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